CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 2 QU ADRUM AN A. 



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general 



color a grayish brown ; the 

 hands are very delicate, naked within 

 and furred without. 



Genus INDRI : Indris. — This genus 

 includes only a single species, the Short- 

 tailed Indri of Madagascar, /. brevicau- 

 datus. It is the largest of the lemuridae, 

 being three feet high when it stands on 

 its hind-legs. It is covered with soft, 

 thick fur, mostly black, but whitish on 

 the face, and reddish white on the sides. 

 Though its general look is like that of 

 a small bear, it is a gentle creature, and 

 capable of some education. The natives 

 think it has the form of a man, and call 

 it the Man of the Woods. It is cer- 

 tainly the most anthropomorphous of 

 all the lemuridae. 



Genus PROPITHECL T S.— Of this 

 there is but a single known species, the 

 P. diadema, of Madagascar, resembling 

 the indri, but somewhat smaller. Spe- 

 cimens have been seen in the menage- 

 ries of the Garden of Plants and of the 

 Zoological Gardens. 



Genus AYAIII : Avahis. — One spe- 

 cies only is known, the Wooly Avahi, 

 AJaniger, of Madagascar,and called Am- 

 pongue by the natives. It is about a 

 foot long, and has a tail half the length 

 of its body. Some naturalists call it the 

 Long-tailed Indri, Little is known of 

 its habits. 



Genus MAKI : Lemur. — The makis 

 are the proper lemurs, and are distin- 

 guished by thick, soft fur, a slender body 

 about two feet long, a very long bushy 

 tail, and a pointed nose. The expres- 

 sion of the face has given them the title 

 of Fox-nosed Monkeys. They are intel- 

 ligent, and capable of some education. ^3|| 

 They have frequently been in the mena- 

 geries of London and Paris, where they 

 bear the climate tolerably well, taking 

 great comfort, however, in sitting by 

 the lire in the winter. One of them 

 lived in the latter city nineteen years. 

 I Several species have bred in the Euro- 

 pean menageries. At Malmaison, one 

 \ of these creatures, kept by the Empress 

 Josephine, produced a young one which 

 she treated with great tenderness : dur- 

 ing its infancy it was almost naked, and 



THE INDRI 



WHITE- FRONTED LEMURS. 



